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US-6466587

Wireless transmitting method

PublishedOctober 15, 2002
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Technical Abstract

A wireless transmitting method, for use with digital electronic unit including the steps of forming a frame having a predetermined time period, placing a stream transmission area SPA and an asynchronous transmission area ASYNCA in the frame, the stream transmission area SPA having a predetermined number of time slots SL1, SL2, . . . for transmitting data, allocating isochronous data to the time slots, transmitting the isochronous data in the stream transmission area SPA, transmitting asynchronous data in the asynchronous transmission area ASYNCA, and changing the allocation of the time slots and widening the asynchronous transmission area ASYNCA of the frame so as to gather the asynchronous transmission area ASYNCA when a time slot is unallocated.

Patent Claims
5 claims

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1. A wireless transmitting method, comprising the steps of: forming a frame having a predetermined time period; placing a stream transmission period and an asynchronous transmission period in the frame, wherein the stream transmission period includes a predetermined number of time slots for transmitting data; allocating isochronous data to the time slots; transmitting the isochronous data in the stream transmission period; and transmitting asynchronous data in the asynchronous transmission period, wherein the stream transmission period and the asynchronous transmission period are adaptively varied in length so that when there is no isochronous data to be transmitted, the asynchronous transmission period is expanded to occupy the entire stream transmission period resulting in only the asynchronous data being transmitted in the frame.

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2. The wireless transmission method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the time slots are allocated with information in a control area of the frame.

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3. A wireless transmitting method, comprising the steps of: forming a frame having a predetermined time period; placing a stream transmission period and an asynchronous transmission period in the frame, wherein the stream transmission period includes a predetermined number of time slots for transmitting data; allocating isochronous data to the time slots; transmitting the isochronous data in the stream transmission period; transmitting asynchronous data in the asynchronous transmission period, wherein the stream transmission period and the asynchronous transmission period are adaptively varied in length so that when there is no isochronous data to be transmitted, the asynchronous transmission period is expanded to occupy the entire stream transmission period resulting in only the asynchronous data being transmitted in the frame; and changing an allocation of the time slots of the stream transmission period for widening the asynchronous transmission period of the frame when a time slot is unallocated.

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4. A wireless transmitting method, comprising the steps of: forming a frame having a predetermined time period; placing a stream transmission period and an asynchronous transmission period in the frame, wherein the stream transmission period includes a predetermined number of time slots for transmitting data; allocating isochronous data to the time slots; transmitting the isochronous data in the stream transmission period; transmitting asynchronous data in the synchronous transmission period, wherein the stream transmission period and the asynchronous transmission period are adaptively varied in length so that when there is no isochronous data to be transmitted, the asynchronous transmission period is expanded to occupy the entire stream transmission period resulting in only the asynchronous data being transmitted in the frame; searching a data stream having unallocated time slots for substitute time slots; and placing the substitute time slots of the searched data stream in positions of the unallocated time slots so as to widen the asynchronous transmission period.

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5. A base station for use in a wireless system, comprising: means for forming a frame having a predetermined time period; means for placing a stream transmission period and an asynchronous transmission period in the frame, wherein the stream transmission period includes a predetermined number of time slots for transmitting data; means for allocating isochronous data to the time slots; means for transmitting the isochronous data in the stream transmission period; and means for transmitting asynchronous data in the asynchronous transmission period, wherein the stream transmission period and the asynchronous transmission period are adaptively varied in length so that when there is no isochronous data to be transmitted, the asynchronous transmission period is expanded to occupy the entire stream transmission period resulting in only the asynchronous data being transmitted in the frame.

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February 19, 1999

Publication Date

October 15, 2002

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